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it does tax reform. it's got a tax reform, revenue-neutral tax reform. but you still consider it a serious document. >> i consider it an absolutely serious document, because it's very honest about what it does. it says these are the numbers and these are the policies that prove those number. >> i would be happy if patty muralies has the same bottom-line numbers if she was transparent how she got there. there's so many gimmicks as a former cbo guy, it makes me cringe. i respect people like the progressive budget. if you want to spend more, i think you're in wrong, but be honest about it. >> paul ryan's budget doesn't really get to the detail of how he would make his cuts. >> and it's full of gimmickry. >> paul ryan's budget does more from a budget point of view than is necessary. he describes the policies that are in there. it's a fair defense on both sides that these are budget documents, and god forgive the budget community do what the ways and means committee -- we don't need that food fight. i get that. they've laid out three times in the house what t
it does tax reform. it's got a tax reform, revenue-neutral tax reform. but you still consider it a serious document. >> i consider it an absolutely serious document, because it's very honest about what it does. it says these are the numbers and these are the policies that prove those number. >> i would be happy if patty muralies has the same bottom-line numbers if she was transparent how she got there. there's so many gimmicks as a former cbo guy, it makes me cringe. i respect...
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through tax themselves. they know folks who have been affected by gun violence. these are people who may have a son, a brother, a good friend who is gay. so these people having these very personal tangible experiences are seeing these loopholes. and we're seeing a lag both with democrats and republicans. what makes me optimistic is we are seeing our elected officials start to follow more in the trend of public opinion. first the democrats and i think we'll see the republicans, too. >> thank you all so much. we wanted to spend more time with you but we had a lot of news to get to today. >>> coming up, an update on the manhunt for the person responsible for killing colorado's prison chief. you can do that all you want, i don't like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 v-fusion. a full serving of vegetables, a full serving of fruit. but what you taste is the fruit. so even you... could've had a v8. tens of thousands of dollars in hidden fees on their 401(k)s?! go to e-trade and roll over your old 401(k)s t
through tax themselves. they know folks who have been affected by gun violence. these are people who may have a son, a brother, a good friend who is gay. so these people having these very personal tangible experiences are seeing these loopholes. and we're seeing a lag both with democrats and republicans. what makes me optimistic is we are seeing our elected officials start to follow more in the trend of public opinion. first the democrats and i think we'll see the republicans, too. >>...
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romney took seven points off the top tax rate. paul ryans takes about 15 points, so twice as heavy a lift. can i make one point? >> begin the colloquy. >> i'm a little surprised to see you without a body guard today, because ezra wrote in his piece this morning that our deficits right now are too small. now, i happen to agree with that, but that's heresy in d.c. where you are right now. i'd love to hear you say a few words about why the deficits are too small right now. >> yeah, look action this goes through this idea that deficits are moral. no they're a tool. businesses often go into debt to make -- and this is the opportunity the world gives us. we worry pretty much about one thing with the deficit. if they're too high, interest rates will go up. definite constituents are bad because of what they primarily do to interest rates. right now interest rates on government debt, completely completely historical fashion are negative after the count for inflation. the world is so desperate to put their money somewhere. that is an amazin
romney took seven points off the top tax rate. paul ryans takes about 15 points, so twice as heavy a lift. can i make one point? >> begin the colloquy. >> i'm a little surprised to see you without a body guard today, because ezra wrote in his piece this morning that our deficits right now are too small. now, i happen to agree with that, but that's heresy in d.c. where you are right now. i'd love to hear you say a few words about why the deficits are too small right now. >>...
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code, to protect tax rates. they will do whatever they have to in order to preserve their special interest. so the president has an obligation it reach out to grass roots and to reach out to as many people as we can to participate in our battle for right priorities for the middle class and retiries in this country. >> we have to leave it there. congressman steve israel, thanks for being with us today. >> thanks, andrea. >>> what stories will make the 24 next on "andrea mitchell reports." ha ha ha! no no no! not today! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! jimmy how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? happier than dikembe mutumbo blocking a shot. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, faraway places don't see
code, to protect tax rates. they will do whatever they have to in order to preserve their special interest. so the president has an obligation it reach out to grass roots and to reach out to as many people as we can to participate in our battle for right priorities for the middle class and retiries in this country. >> we have to leave it there. congressman steve israel, thanks for being with us today. >> thanks, andrea. >>> what stories will make the 24 next on "andrea...
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they want to cut taxes and cut the deficit at the same time. those are their two agenda items. you can't do both. they are just trying to ignore it and hope it goes away. >> now, when you look at the reaction, patricia, there's no wonder they are being defeated at the polls and poll after poll shows that americans are not going their way but i think this only further drives the wedge between the american voters because people are offended when it is clear you are not even being honest with them. >> well, yeah. and i think what americans are really want is just an honest discussion of the issues and if people come at an issue and have an honest disagreement and use facts that are accurate, you can have that discussion and debate. but when you come out of a discussion with facts that are not true that "the washington post" says are four pin knock key ohios, you can't even start to talk about things in an honest way and that's why michele bachmann has gotten into so much trouble. she won her last wasn't by a point. she's a huge target for democrats coming up in the next election c
they want to cut taxes and cut the deficit at the same time. those are their two agenda items. you can't do both. they are just trying to ignore it and hope it goes away. >> now, when you look at the reaction, patricia, there's no wonder they are being defeated at the polls and poll after poll shows that americans are not going their way but i think this only further drives the wedge between the american voters because people are offended when it is clear you are not even being honest...
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they just want lower taxes. they're not interested in truly balancing the budget. if you look at the plans and how long it takes them to balance the budget. so the part of the debate that i think is a problem now is that the democrats keep saying we want revenue increases instead, what democrats should be for are closing the loopholes that mitt romney talked about ad nauseam in the first debate. >> balanced budgets don't produce economic growth. >> we're talking about some budget sanity. >> here's the problem, the problem is in this political climate, to talk about the reasonable proposition that jonathan alter put forward is null and void. the focus is so ideologically blinded with their obsession with cutting taxes for wealthy people. when you talk about closing loop hoels, we know wages, interest and taxes have closed the income inequality in america. business income and retirement income has exacerbated the inequality. and capital gains have made it worse. the point is that the republicans are not interested in having that conversation. in this ideological clim
they just want lower taxes. they're not interested in truly balancing the budget. if you look at the plans and how long it takes them to balance the budget. so the part of the debate that i think is a problem now is that the democrats keep saying we want revenue increases instead, what democrats should be for are closing the loopholes that mitt romney talked about ad nauseam in the first debate. >> balanced budgets don't produce economic growth. >> we're talking about some budget...
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at the same time, you cutting taxes to people in the upper income categories. then we want a block grant, medicaid. that means that there are seniors who will find themselves being shopped around from state to state to find which nursing home will be able to take them. that is the kind of stuff that we ought not have. we ought to have a national medicaid program, a national medicare program, and it should be a guarantee. it should not be a voucher to shop around to insurance companies. >>> but congressman, there's going to have to be compromise before anything gets done. from the president's vision, if there is to be another grand bargain, it would require changes on entitlements. are you and the other members of the democratic caucus willing to have some give there in exchange for the revenues that you expect from the other side? >> absolutely. we have demonstrated that before. look, we just had -- mr. ryan and -- because of that 716 billion that he took out of medicare and extended the life of medicare. we demonstrated that we didn't take it out -- we took it
at the same time, you cutting taxes to people in the upper income categories. then we want a block grant, medicaid. that means that there are seniors who will find themselves being shopped around from state to state to find which nursing home will be able to take them. that is the kind of stuff that we ought not have. we ought to have a national medicaid program, a national medicare program, and it should be a guarantee. it should not be a voucher to shop around to insurance companies....
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you can only tax people. on top of that for democrats to go around saying when bill mmaher to say the rich are not paying their fair share. both sides have to figure out how to moderate. >> absolutely. after the $600 billion tax increase, the rate increases on top of state and local taxes. for most people in high brackets, it's well above 50%. we are done with the tax part and it's closing the so-called tax expenditures and we will do the charitable donations for wealthy people. you have to start talking about growth. whichever side really gets serious about growth, there is one or two positive things. one is energy transformation. that is exciting and made it more competitive. the president never did anything serious about trade. right now we are on the verge of starting two major trade negotiations. one is the transpacific negotiations and the others will start a u.s.-european negotiations. this involves something like 60 or 70%. this is potentially a major energy if you can get serious about trade and help
you can only tax people. on top of that for democrats to go around saying when bill mmaher to say the rich are not paying their fair share. both sides have to figure out how to moderate. >> absolutely. after the $600 billion tax increase, the rate increases on top of state and local taxes. for most people in high brackets, it's well above 50%. we are done with the tax part and it's closing the so-called tax expenditures and we will do the charitable donations for wealthy people. you have...
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that means pro growth tax reform and economic growth not higher taxes combined with entitlement reform which protects social security and medicare for long-term. there's a grand bargain we can put together. he needs to work with us and continue to work with us until we get there. >> revenue from tax reform for bringing down rates. you don't believe revenue from tax reform should be part of a deficit reduction package? >> correct. you already have 600 billion in higher taxes which the president got earlier this year as part of the fiscal cliff deal. when you talk about entitlement reform, one of the things that's clearly on the table is means testing medicare for upper income individuals. so that revenue piece in terms of affluent people paying more, that's there are there. we've got to get to reforms that get the economy growing and that is where pro-growth helps and then you get revenue to address the deficit. >> is there any deal that includes -- if the president is saying i'm willing to do this and buck my party on social security and a couple things on medicare but i got to have re
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higher taxes. i think that's something that they're going to want to continue. >> it does seem if you did take that away, then we would only be talking about there's rand paul's vision, marco rubio's vision and -- >> and there's real splits on the republican side. >> what do you got sunday? >> we'll talk about the budget debate, van hollen and mccarthy debate each other and rome and the new papacy and what it means to american politics as well. >> we talk about the rising tide of hispanic americans and it seems like the catholic americans are seeing the same thing around the world. >> even more quickly than the republican party has apparently. >> even faster. david gregory, we'll be watching, thank youure siyouure. >>> and we'll talk to michael orren, obama's wish list, the president has an idea how he'd like to spend free time in tel aviv. >> sometimes i have this fantasy that i can put on a disguise and, you know, wear a fake mustache and i could wander through tel aviv and go to a bar and -- >>
higher taxes. i think that's something that they're going to want to continue. >> it does seem if you did take that away, then we would only be talking about there's rand paul's vision, marco rubio's vision and -- >> and there's real splits on the republican side. >> what do you got sunday? >> we'll talk about the budget debate, van hollen and mccarthy debate each other and rome and the new papacy and what it means to american politics as well. >> we talk about the...
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so this odd republican out there is going to both raise taxes and make his somewhat better off voters pay more for health care? no way. we really don't need to get to the liberals, progressives, but just for the sake of candor, why on this god's earth would a good democrat need to cut or i don't get why people are talking about a deal, that no politician out there worried about his or her re-election or renomination would ever want to i can mmake. the truth of what i'm saying will shine through. and the sequester won't seem so bad after all. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, shame as it ever was. today, both governor romney and congressman ryan took the stage at the big conservative summit outside of washington. so did they talk about the lessons of the election? did they show they understand why they lost? does the gop finally get it? nope. >> we may not have carried on november 7th but we haven't lost the country we love and we have not lost o
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the rich, when house republicans paved the way for passage tomorrow of paul ryan's budget that cuts taxes for the rich. that budget, of course, does not include stimulus spending, but a just released gallup pole shows a mere 72% of americans support a federal government spending program designed to create more than one million new jobs. that also has majority support among republicans. freshman republican congressman thomas massey told a roomful of reporters today you know, i'm new here, but what i'm learning is that the budget is just kind of a guideline. we know it is dead on arrival, we know it is a pretend vote. here is speaker boehner reacting to something president obama was cause saying on his arrival in israel today. >> i would rather be heckled than ignored. you only tease the ones you love. >> he is willing to more than tease the ones he love. >> apparently republicans are willing to tease various parts of the base to make them think we have a plan. it is really not much of a plan, it is kind of the part of the problem they don't seem to understand, the policies don't match up w
the rich, when house republicans paved the way for passage tomorrow of paul ryan's budget that cuts taxes for the rich. that budget, of course, does not include stimulus spending, but a just released gallup pole shows a mere 72% of americans support a federal government spending program designed to create more than one million new jobs. that also has majority support among republicans. freshman republican congressman thomas massey told a roomful of reporters today you know, i'm new here, but...
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and no new taxes is all they can really agree on. but why hasn't president obama offered the republicans a deal from his point of view? his version of a grand bargain? will it force the republicans to say no and walk away from the table? he han done that yet. donald trump tweeted yesterday, really big krourd expected at cpac. here's the really big crowd. this morning, an overflowing audience filled with empty chairs. that's hardball. we're playing it. this is the place for it. [ nyquil bottle ] you know i relieve coughs, sneezing, fevers... [ tylenol bottle ] me too! and nasal congestion. [ tissue box ] he said nasal congestion. yeah...i heard him. [ female announcer ] tylenol® cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion. nyquil® cold and flu doesn't. for the things you can't wash, freshen them with febreze. febreze eliminates odors and leaves a light, fresh scent. febreze, breathe happy. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of
and no new taxes is all they can really agree on. but why hasn't president obama offered the republicans a deal from his point of view? his version of a grand bargain? will it force the republicans to say no and walk away from the table? he han done that yet. donald trump tweeted yesterday, really big krourd expected at cpac. here's the really big crowd. this morning, an overflowing audience filled with empty chairs. that's hardball. we're playing it. this is the place for it. [ nyquil bottle ]...
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rejected a bro posed tax on bank deposits casting doubt on a bailout. >>> in the u.s. housing starts jumped .8% in february meeting expectations. meanwhile, building permits a gauge of future construction rose to the highest level since 2008. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> there's no one reason we lost. our message was weak. our ground game was insufficient. we weren't inclusive. we were behind in both data and digital. and our primary and debate process needed improvement. >> there's the lift of a driving dream. welcome back to "hardball." rnc chair rience priebus reporting on the state of the republican party and brought relief to establishment types but also angered conservativeses who say priebus, that man there, was exactly wrong, that the party can't win if it moderates its right wing positions. here was rush limbaugh reacting to priebus. >> they think they have to re-brand. reach out to minorities. got to moderate their tone here and moderate their tone there. that's not at all what they've got to do. all they have
rejected a bro posed tax on bank deposits casting doubt on a bailout. >>> in the u.s. housing starts jumped .8% in february meeting expectations. meanwhile, building permits a gauge of future construction rose to the highest level since 2008. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> there's no one reason we lost. our message was weak. our ground game was insufficient. we weren't inclusive. we were behind in both data and digital....
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what do you have to pay taxes? maybe they do pay payroll taxes. i guess the story or the question has to be, it's not just because you didn't try to become attractive to hispanics, african-americans or single women. you didn't give them the opportunity that you suggest that your party stands for. you didn't give them the educational opportunity. the job opportunity. the hand up opportunity. >> yeah. >> you didn't give them an opportunity. >> congresswoman, has the country lost sight of why we're here having this budget battle? i mean, you have to look back at the last 12, 13 years of what has transpired. how we have given breaks to the wealthiest americans and that didn't work out with the job creation. how we went into wars and didn't pay for it. how we did a deal with big pharma and medicare part d and then the deregulation of wall street back in the late '90s took us right into the housing problem and the criminal activity that took place on wall street that has not been
what do you have to pay taxes? maybe they do pay payroll taxes. i guess the story or the question has to be, it's not just because you didn't try to become attractive to hispanics, african-americans or single women. you didn't give them the opportunity that you suggest that your party stands for. you didn't give them the educational opportunity. the job opportunity. the hand up opportunity. >> yeah. >> you didn't give them an opportunity. >> congresswoman, has the country lost...
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low cost and tax efficient. find out why nine out of ten large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. >>> can $10 million make a bunch of stuffy old men less stuffy? less old? less male? it's monday, march 18th and this is "now." >>> joining me today here in washington, d.c., former white house press secretary, and msnbc contributor, robert gibbs, national political reporter at the "washington post," malika henderson, bbc world news anchor, catty kay and "washington post" columnist and msnbc political analyst, the inimitab ablable eugene robinso. >>> four months after the gop's loss at the election, the results are in, cause of death, massive full-body trauma. >> our message was weak, our ground game was insufficient. we weren't inclusive. we were behind in both data and digital. and o
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so when you hollow out the base of it property tax owners and still put the property tax owners on the hook, once they have been evicted, you have a bad situation. >> dave, thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you. >>> today's tweet of the day comes from former labor secretary robert reich. federal budget not analogous to a family budget. in fact, when families budget we need to be last resort. ♪ [ laughs ] whoo. ♪ oh. nice! great! [ laughs ] a shot like that calls for a postgame celebration. [ male announcer ] share what you love with who you love. kellogg's frosted flakes. they're gr-r-eat! kellogg's frosted flakes. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost.. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. [ sneezes ] you're probably muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin®
so when you hollow out the base of it property tax owners and still put the property tax owners on the hook, once they have been evicted, you have a bad situation. >> dave, thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you. >>> today's tweet of the day comes from former labor secretary robert reich. federal budget not analogous to a family budget. in fact, when families budget we need to be last resort. ♪ [ laughs ] whoo. ♪ oh. nice! great! [ laughs ] a shot like that...
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it's good to refresh our memories on costly wars, big tax cuts, medicare part d. that was a six-hour vote and there were republicans chasing people around the walls of the house of representatives trying to get that last vote and of course, the crisis on wall street. by the way, as you know, they've regained all the money they lost on the principles of president obama. i know he has a heart of caring. we've got to restate this principle and you are right. it's our commitment. we're not letting go of medicare, medicaid and social security. medicaid is a premise of the affordable care act. >> even if it puts you at odds with the president? >> i'm an optimist and i truly believe the president has a real good heart and he's still willing to listen. we're against the changed cpi. but we're keeping the doors open. we want to hear what the president has to say and i always believe that he has an open mind and an open heart. but it's up to many of us. to keep the fight going. >> we are going to find out. no question about it. thanks for your time tonight. i appreciate it.
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growth or more tax and spend? >> despite this confidence in their plan, the reality is that the ryan plan will likely pass the house tomorrow and then die a lonely death in the upper, lower chamber. having garnered no bipartisan support whatsoever. but don't expect that to be the end of the budget tango. and don't expect it to be the end of finger-pointing, either. as the majority leader reminds us, nothing says deal maker like an inability to compromise. >> if the president wants to let our unwillingness to raise taxes get in the way, then we're not going to be able to set differences aside. >> joining us now from new orleans, is democratic political strategist, james carville, the author of many books, including his latest "it's the middle class, stupid" james, it's a joy to have you on the show. thank you for joining us. i didn't have time to get into the wagner budget and the carville budget, but i wonder with the proliferation of budgets, mr. carville, do you think we're any closer to any kind of deal? >> pro
growth or more tax and spend? >> despite this confidence in their plan, the reality is that the ryan plan will likely pass the house tomorrow and then die a lonely death in the upper, lower chamber. having garnered no bipartisan support whatsoever. but don't expect that to be the end of the budget tango. and don't expect it to be the end of finger-pointing, either. as the majority leader reminds us, nothing says deal maker like an inability to compromise. >> if the president wants...
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reform because i have to go back to my district and explain why we cut defense spending and taxes are going up. but this sounds like they are least -- >> it's amazing a news story that people get together and talk. it's amazing it's a news story that the president has senators into the office to talk. that's sad place to be after 4 1/2 years. that's too bad. >> it is. reverend, could you explain? because a lot of people online that will say you know it's not a club and they shouldn't get together and talk and you shouldn't criticize democrats for not talking, et cetera. could you explain the importance of personal relationships in politics? and, you know, you've brineled the gap with quite a few people. even newt on education reform and you're hearing to you to me right now. could you plain the importance of what the president is doing right now? i criticized him for 4 1/2 years but commend him for what he is doing. >> i think it's very important. at some point leadership is determined when it's for longer personal and where you wanted to achieve goals even if you have to work with pe
reform because i have to go back to my district and explain why we cut defense spending and taxes are going up. but this sounds like they are least -- >> it's amazing a news story that people get together and talk. it's amazing it's a news story that the president has senators into the office to talk. that's sad place to be after 4 1/2 years. that's too bad. >> it is. reverend, could you explain? because a lot of people online that will say you know it's not a club and they...
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of raising taxes. we do so in the service of creating a fairer tax code, funding investments for the future and in the service of a balanced approach to deficit reduction. if you take out the deficit reduction concerns and lord knows that any sort of inve investment spending right now is not going to pass muster with the house republicans, you're left with the fairness motive. a more just system would certainly be nice, does it offset the injustice of cutting benefits to folks who rely on social security? to scuttle a brand bargain deal, though, democrats need some sort of political cover. hmm. if only some republican would put out a really toxic, extreme, ideological plan that democrats could point to as continuing republican intransigence, they could walk away with not political consequence. you know, i think i know just the guy. all right. that does it for us here at "the cycle." martin bashir, all yours. >>> good afternoon, it's thursday march the 14th. who needs compromise on capitol hill when cpa
of raising taxes. we do so in the service of creating a fairer tax code, funding investments for the future and in the service of a balanced approach to deficit reduction. if you take out the deficit reduction concerns and lord knows that any sort of inve investment spending right now is not going to pass muster with the house republicans, you're left with the fairness motive. a more just system would certainly be nice, does it offset the injustice of cutting benefits to folks who rely on...
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being nuanced in whether he's talking about drones, tax reform -- he's always been very nuanced to make sure he has -- and people starting to realize a wider vision for his own political career and that's exactly why he didn't mention specifically pathway to citizenship. what's interesting, though, prior to that a.p. story i can share with you that the chatter was he was going to talk about pathway to citizenship. so i might -- you know, the big question is, did he back away from that after he heard the chatter and heard that individuals were not welcoming it in the extreme part of the party. let's be clear. short of a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumenteds, the republican party is still going to have a latino vote problem. what's going to happen, unless we provide a pathway to citizenship eventually, what's going to happen is every day american latinos are going to always have a question mark when they interact with every day americans when people are going to ask them, are you here as an american citizen or a legal resident? >> well, this is becoming an issue being taken
being nuanced in whether he's talking about drones, tax reform -- he's always been very nuanced to make sure he has -- and people starting to realize a wider vision for his own political career and that's exactly why he didn't mention specifically pathway to citizenship. what's interesting, though, prior to that a.p. story i can share with you that the chatter was he was going to talk about pathway to citizenship. so i might -- you know, the big question is, did he back away from that after he...
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the richest industry in the world does not need our tax subsidies. there's still a lot of subsidies going for american corporations when they offshore jobs. >> but the republicans haven't identified any of them yet, have they? >> well, they're not willing to talk about it other than loose generalized, terms. you need to get down to the nitty-gritty. they don't do that. but there's many out there that the taxpayers are giving away to very wealthy corporations and individuals not necessarily toward the growing of the economy. there are things that can be done to rein in those loopholes and we need to do it. whether that gives us the money we need to lower the corporate tax rate as we've closed those loopholes, that's a discussion that needs to be taking place. >> tim, what do you think? >> well, we had a budget mark-up last night. we were in until about 11:30 in the evening marking up the paul ryan budget. there was an amendment that said we need to protect the mortgage tax deduction for middle class people. and every republican voted against that demo
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we know the gop wants president obama to fail, will do anything to be sure he fails that, and no new taxes, all they really can agree on. on screwing obama, but why hasn't president obama offered republicans a deal from his point of view? his idea of a grand bargain? forcing republicans to say no and walk away from the table. he wasn't done that yet. >>> by the way, donald trump tweeted yesterday, really big crowd expected tomorrow at cpac for his speech. here's the really big crowd that showed up to see trumpy. an overflow audience. filled with empty chairs. anyway, hats "hardball," and we're playering it. this is the place for. >>> we'll be right back. think again. introducing olay professional even skin tone. developed by experts in skin genomics to target 5 major causes of uneven skin tone and help restore even color. olay professional even skin tone. challenge that with olay facial hair removal duos for fine or coarse hair. first a pre-treatment balm then the effective cream. for gentle hair removal at far less than salon prices. there's no place like home. but i'm still stubbed up. [
we know the gop wants president obama to fail, will do anything to be sure he fails that, and no new taxes, all they really can agree on. on screwing obama, but why hasn't president obama offered republicans a deal from his point of view? his idea of a grand bargain? forcing republicans to say no and walk away from the table. he wasn't done that yet. >>> by the way, donald trump tweeted yesterday, really big crowd expected tomorrow at cpac for his speech. here's the really big crowd...
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raise taxes. interestingly mitt romney as you mentioned without any specificity, paul ryan without any specificity, and many others on the republican side all consistently say we want to close loopholes. bob reich is right, it is not just that this is a rerun of policy that lost in the election, it is mathematically a heavier lift. i won't take you through the math, but romney had 7 points of revenue to makeup and ryan has about 15 points of revenue to makeup. it is twice as heavy lift with no more specificity than we have before. >> joy, there's another question bob asks in his report about the courage of paul ryan. is it courageous to target your deepest cuts on the poorest americans who vote in lower numbers and provide little in campaign contributions? >> exactly, while still trying to exempt current medicare recipients from cruelty of going to voucher, saying only future seniors have to try to buy a plan. what he does is absolutely cruel. there's nothing courageous about saying it is on medic
raise taxes. interestingly mitt romney as you mentioned without any specificity, paul ryan without any specificity, and many others on the republican side all consistently say we want to close loopholes. bob reich is right, it is not just that this is a rerun of policy that lost in the election, it is mathematically a heavier lift. i won't take you through the math, but romney had 7 points of revenue to makeup and ryan has about 15 points of revenue to makeup. it is twice as heavy lift with no...
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. >> looking forward to your tax refund? so are identity thieves. they can steal your refund. happens to thousands of people every year. you have to be proactive when it comes to identity theft, especially during tax season. >> your identity needs protection. no one does it better than lifelock. >> identity thieves steal from everyone. you have to protect yourself. i protect myself with lifelock. >> now, remember when rudy giuliani was marco rubio? remember when he was the savior of the republican party? remember when he was going to be swept into the presidency in 2008 by linking every single campaign issue to 9/11? that was actually the same year that fred thompson was briefly the savior of the republican party, until he opened his mouth in a presidential debate, and without that reverse mortgage teleprompter was as slow and lifeless as a potential party savior has ever been. it is very unlikely that republican presidential loser mitt romney will ever find himself in position that his finances are so tight that he has to go pitch reverse mortgages on tv, but paul ryan, marco
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a lot of democrats who consider ourselves to be fiscally responsible is of course, you had the bush tax cuts. then right after, you had the attacks on september 11th and you had the war on afghanistan, which i supported and almost all of the members of congress did, because those were the people that attacked us. but then, you had the war in iraq and both afghanistan and iraq were fought as quote emergencies, which means they weren't included in the annual deficits. so, now, when they're talking about a budget that cuts student loan programs for gi members, people coming back from iraq and afghanistan now they're not getting their student loans. because this was all fought off budget. i think that's political malpractice on the part of the republican party. they should have budgeted for this. >> well, from a congressional physician of the soul like diana degette, thank you so much. now to dr. james peterson, msnbc analyst and director of africana studies. professor, millions oppose the war, but as you know, and i'm sure you remember, their voices were significantly marginalized. give us
a lot of democrats who consider ourselves to be fiscally responsible is of course, you had the bush tax cuts. then right after, you had the attacks on september 11th and you had the war on afghanistan, which i supported and almost all of the members of congress did, because those were the people that attacked us. but then, you had the war in iraq and both afghanistan and iraq were fought as quote emergencies, which means they weren't included in the annual deficits. so, now, when they're...
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it calls for raising taxes on everyone earning more than $250,000 a year. spends a trillion dollars on public works projects over ten years. >> right. >> you say it will create 7 million jobs by next year. it does not, however, balance the budget. that's something also that the president has talked about. won't this be dead on arrival in the republican house? where do you see this document fitting into the debate? >> first of all, let me say the ryan budget is dead on arrival. so our budget stands, i think, it's better than his does. at least we're doing what the american people want which is to put people back to work. chris, i'm looking for the day where we can evaluate a budget based on whether it puts americans back to work. we don't need to balance the budget in ten years. we need to make steady progress toward reducing the ratio of gdp to deficit. that's what we need to do. what we really need to do and the crisis we actually have is a jobs crisis. we need to put our infrastructure in good repair, which we don't have now and we need public employees l
it calls for raising taxes on everyone earning more than $250,000 a year. spends a trillion dollars on public works projects over ten years. >> right. >> you say it will create 7 million jobs by next year. it does not, however, balance the budget. that's something also that the president has talked about. won't this be dead on arrival in the republican house? where do you see this document fitting into the debate? >> first of all, let me say the ryan budget is dead on arrival....
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tax and spenders, what a big shock. a trillion in taxes. good luck talking about that in my district. but you also, though, what feels so much better about this process now is that while they are sniping at each other, you've got them working behind the scenes and, i'll tell you, i'm tipping my hat. i've been really tough on the president, certainly over the past month or two, but i tip my hat. you know? it's not easy for any president to go up to the hill, sort of hat in hand, especially not easy for this president from what everybody said about him. he doesn't think it's his job, it's his responsibility, but he did it any way. i think we should all salute him for that. >> i hear you but i have to say the budgets aren't farther apart. for all of the happy talk of last week, what happens is you had basically both parties said, house republicans and senate democrats said we are putting our worst offers on the table. here you are. you think that we have gotten past some of the politics and we have gotten past some of the nastiness and certain
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fundamental tax reform for economic growth. patient center care rhee placing obama care. a responsible balanced budget. >> meanwhile, abc this week, house speaker john boehner says although they disagree, he trusts president obama. >> the president and i, as i've made very clear, have a very good relationship. we're open with each other. we're honest with each other. but we're trying to bridge some big differences. >> so do up trust president obama? >> absolutely. >> absolutely? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. firearms, flip-flops and flights to the middle east will all be part of what next week in washington will look like. lots to talk about. i want to get right to it. msnbc contributor goldie tailor of the goldie taylor project and david of the "the washington p." good to see all of you. good story with the republicans rank, when ohio senator rob portman, want co-sponsor of doma, defense of marriage act, snu ports same-sex marriage citing his gay son. house speaker john boehner asked about his own stance this morning on abc. take a listen. >> can you imagine yourself in
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that and no new taxes all they can agree on. no new taxes but why hasn't president obama offered republicans a deal from his points of view? his version of a grand bargain to force the republic chance to say no and walk away from the table? he hasn't done that yet. >>> by the way, donald trump tweeted yesterday, really big crowd expected tomorrow at cpac for his speech. here's the really big crowd that showed up to see trumpy. an overflow audience. filled with empty chairs. that's "hardball" and we're playing it. this is the place for it. we'll be right back. stress sweat is different than ordinary sweat. it smells worse. get 4x the protection against stress sweat. introducing new secret clinical strength stress response scent. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, faraway places don't seem so...far away. ♪ >
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so if we can clean up the tax code that would be beneficial. second, healthcare issue is a very serious one. medicare costs are coming down but there's a demographic that awaits us. 10,000 folks a day are going on to medicare and it is not just medicare issue. it is a healthcare spending issue in this country that's tough on businesses, tough on individual. so if we can do something to help slow that rate of growth and confidently keep it down, that's beneficial for the broad economy. >> americans were according to polls, americans are strongly in favor of gun can control. recent poll, favor background checks. more than half favor banning assault weapons. over half favor banning large magazines. >> that's the reason i think the president is glad to be away from washington, away from congress. there is a level of dysfunction here. the power in this institution is enormous. it takes away from common sense steps. you have the filibuster. and senator reid felt, as he counted votes, he wouldn't be able to keep the assault ban weapon in the bill and
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it does so by raising nearly $1 trillion in new tax revenue, by cutting tax expenditures, and closing loopholes in the tax code and cutting $733 billion in spending. the remainder of the package is made up of savings on interest payments. murray's budget includes $275 billion in some health care cuts, less than the $400 billion the president previously put on the table and what he talked about in the state of the union. it includes $240 billion in defense cuts. senate democrats also propose $100 billion on new stimulus spending on infrastructure projects. >>> the budget includes no change to social security. the president reportedly faced some skepticism yesterday when he spoke to senate democrats about potential plans to switch to a, quote, chained cpi, which could lower the rate at which social security benefits are increased and cut the cost of the program in the long run. this morning, the liberal "huffington post" has a banner headline quoting senator tom harkin. quote, he said he hopes we reach some grand bargain. but what is in that grand bargain? murray defended democrats agai
it does so by raising nearly $1 trillion in new tax revenue, by cutting tax expenditures, and closing loopholes in the tax code and cutting $733 billion in spending. the remainder of the package is made up of savings on interest payments. murray's budget includes $275 billion in some health care cuts, less than the $400 billion the president previously put on the table and what he talked about in the state of the union. it includes $240 billion in defense cuts. senate democrats also propose...
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the plan reportedly calls for raising tax revenue by $1 trillion and slashing spending by $975 billion. including billions from defense and health care. in all democrats claim the plan would save the country $4.2 trillion over the next decade. yesterday, house republicans released their blueprint which they say would balance the budget by 2023 by making major cuts to spending and overhauling programs like medicaid and medicare. but to president obama, balancing the budget alone not his top priority. >> paul ryan is challenging you to come forward with a budget that also reaches balance. are you going to do that? >> no, my goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance. my goal is how do we grow the economy, put people back to work, and if we do that, we're going to be bringing in more revenue, if we've controlled spending and we've got a smart entitlement package, then potentially what you have is balance but it's not balance on the backs of, you know, the poor, the elderly, students who need student loans, family who have got disabled kids. that's not the right wa
the plan reportedly calls for raising tax revenue by $1 trillion and slashing spending by $975 billion. including billions from defense and health care. in all democrats claim the plan would save the country $4.2 trillion over the next decade. yesterday, house republicans released their blueprint which they say would balance the budget by 2023 by making major cuts to spending and overhauling programs like medicaid and medicare. but to president obama, balancing the budget alone not his top...